Shelter Belt Fire

Monday

Feb 18, 2013 at 12:01 AMFeb 18, 2013 at 5:03 PM

A southeastern Stafford County property owner was conducting a controlled burn of downed trees (that had been cleared around the homestead) when embers apparently floated into a nearby shelter belt. Firefighters worked for well over two hours extinguishing the fire. A YouTube video of slide photos shows firefighters working the incident. Great job Stafford County [...]

Steve Moody

A southeastern Stafford County property owner was conducting a controlled burn of downed trees (that had been cleared around the homestead) when embers apparently floated into a nearby shelter belt.

Firefighters worked for well over two hours extinguishing the fire. A YouTube video of slide photos shows firefighters working the incident. Great job Stafford County Firefighters!